κενεών,ῶνος,ὁ, (κενός)
A. hollow between ribs and hip, flank, Od. 22.295 , Poll. 2.166 , etc.; νείατον ἐς κενεῶνα, ὅθι ζωννύσκετο μίτρῃ
Il. 5.857
, cf. Hp. Prog. 8 (pl.); of horses, X. Eq. 12.8 ; of dogs, Id. Cyn. 4.1 .
2. οἱ κ. τοῦ περιτοναίουthehollowsof the peritonaeum, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.48.4 .
II. anyhollow, hence periphr. οὐράνιοι
AP 9.207
;αἰθέριος, χθόνιος κ., Nonn. D. 13.453 , 9.82 ;κενεὼν ἀρούρηςib. 41.3 ;vacant spacein a crowd, LXX 2 Ma. 14.44 .